Man accused of beating child over lost video games

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 | 6:17 p.m. CST; updated 8:26 p.m. CST, Tuesday, November 11, 2008

COLUMBIA — A Columbia man was arrested Tuesday after his 13-year-old stepson accused him of punching the boy in the face and slamming his head into a wall as punishment for losing video games, according to a news release from the Boone County Sheriff’s Department.

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